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The key point is that taking resources harms the current owner."}]},{"id":"2b9d70b1-8e1a-477d-bc38-94cc61b9609c","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Pareto optimality judges [ ], not fairness.","back":"Pareto optimality judges efficiency, not fairness.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"efficiency","correct":true,"explanation":"Pareto optimality is an efficiency criterion: it asks whether someone can be made better off without making anyone else worse off. It does not judge fairness."},{"text":"equality","correct":false,"explanation":"Equality concerns how evenly resources or outcomes are distributed, whereas Pareto optimality concerns whether further harmless improvements are possible."},{"text":"fairness","correct":false,"explanation":"The sentence contrasts Pareto optimality with fairness, so fairness is not the missing term. Pareto optimality evaluates efficiency rather than distributive justice."},{"text":"profitability","correct":false,"explanation":"Profitability concerns financial returns, not whether resources can be reallocated to benefit someone without harming another. Efficiency is the relevant criterion."}]},{"id":"1ed346d6-3442-4723-94d1-2f0ad1c379cf","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"A Pareto improvement makes at least one person better off and [ ].","back":"A Pareto improvement makes at least one person better off and no one worse off.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"no one worse off","correct":true,"explanation":"A Pareto improvement benefits at least one person while leaving everyone else no worse off. This is the condition that distinguishes it from a trade involving a loser."},{"text":"everyone better off","correct":false,"explanation":"A Pareto improvement need not benefit everyone; it only requires at least one person to gain and nobody to lose. Requiring universal gains is too strong."},{"text":"someone else worse off","correct":false,"explanation":"Making someone else worse off contradicts the definition of a Pareto improvement. The defining condition is that no one is harmed by the beneficial change."},{"text":"no resources reallocated","correct":false,"explanation":"A Pareto improvement often involves reallocating resources, although the definition focuses on welfare outcomes. The essential condition is that nobody becomes worse off."}]},{"id":"9dd5ef6a-39fe-4a62-9e86-42448c88131b","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"At Pareto optimality, no one can be made better off without making [ ].","back":"At Pareto optimality, no one can be made better off without making at least one other person worse off.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"at least one other person worse off","correct":true,"explanation":"Pareto optimality means no possible change can improve one person’s position without reducing the welfare of at least one other person."},{"text":"everyone else better off","correct":false,"explanation":"This reverses the Pareto condition: an improvement for one person may occur only if at least one other person becomes worse off, not better off."},{"text":"the whole economy worse off","correct":false,"explanation":"Pareto optimality does not require the entire economy to lose from an improvement. The correct condition is that at least one other person must become worse off."},{"text":"at least one other person equally well off","correct":false,"explanation":"Being equally well off does not represent a loss of welfare. The Pareto condition requires at least one other person to become worse off when someone is made better off."}]},{"id":"f749435e-415c-4603-9146-957c12cf2420","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"In the fixed-pot example, transferring money to the second household reduces the [ ].","back":"In the fixed-pot example, transferring money to the second household reduces the first household's share.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"first household's share","correct":true,"explanation":"Because the total amount of money is fixed, giving more to the second household leaves less available for the first household, reducing its share of the pot."},{"text":"second household's share","correct":false,"explanation":"The transfer increases the second household’s share rather than reducing it. 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